WAS this a contender for the most depressing and dispiriting programme of the year?

Probably.

Kerry And Me (Channel 4, Thursday), in which film-maker Lynn Alleway shadowed Kerry Katona as she broke up with her hubby, Mark Croft, confronted some major issues – like “Who is Kerry Katona?” And “What does she do?”

Kerry, herself, seemed stumped: “I’ve not got a clue what my job is” – although just seconds earlier she’d said, quite accurately: “I’ve got to earn a living and that is my living – publicity.”

Katona, a sad symptom of a warped, shallow and superficial society, lives for headlines and loves to play the game: “I don’t give a s**t about Mark this year – this is my year”, she said, before telling Alleway she was going to dump him.

It was uncomfortable viewing, not least because of the details about her traumatic childhood – and her manic depression.

And by the end of the documentary, the headline-seeker had got herself a new hot-shot agent (and a new film crew), in a bid to secure herself a better role in the celebrity circus.